No One Wanted to Fight

The weather wasn't very good that day.

The wind raging high in the sky was somewhat noisy.

There was not a ray of light in the sky as far as the eye could see.

As if a storm was about to break, the sky was covered with dark clouds, making it look very gloomy and giving one the feeling that it wouldn't be surprising if lightning suddenly struck at any time.

Under such a sky, military helicopters, their Spiral spinning, flew past in formation, riding the raging wind.

Fang Li was on one of the helicopters.

Inside the cabin, soldiers in military uniforms sat close together in long rows of seats, holding their guns. In the solemn and silent atmosphere, they stood tall and waited quietly for time to pass.

Fang Li, however, was somewhat unruly. Unlike the other soldiers who were on high alert, he turned his head and looked out the window at the scenery.

More accurately, it should be described as the scenery of the land below.

However, all that could be seen were ruins.

The earth was covered with dust and rubble.

The building was dilapidated, like a cake that had been half-eaten.

Amidst the ruins, Fang Li could occasionally see one or two dark figures slowly moving through.

Seeing this Matoba, Fang Li couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"That's really tragic..."

Compared to the previous world, this world has collapsed even more completely.

At least in the last world, apart from the Fusion Swarm, no Kabane had the ability to alter the terrain.

However, in this world, even the smallest Aragami has the ability to prey on everything.

As the saying goes, "Many ants can kill an elephant." If the number of Aragami (wild gods) increases, even the smallest Aragami will eventually gnaw at the world, leaving it riddled with holes.

That scene is now perfectly presented before Fang Li.

Perhaps having overheard Fang Li's words, the person next to Fang Li struck up a conversation with him.

"There's nothing we can do about it. For us humans, the Aragami are just too powerful."

The person who said this was a girl who was also wearing a military uniform, but was surprisingly cute.

His age is estimated to be around the Fang Li's.

Her shoulder-length hair was a bright red and tied into two braids.

Looking at this girl, Fang Li felt that she looked somewhat familiar.

"Sorry for suddenly striking up a conversation with you." The girl smiled a little shyly, "My name is Hibari. I've been assigned to the communications unit as a communications officer for this mission. Please take care of me."

"Hibari?" Fang Li was taken aback at first, then remembered.

This girl also has quite a few scenes in the original work. She can often be seen in the command room. As a communications officer, she is responsible for contacting various God Eater units and accurately conveying orders from above. She is quite active.

Unexpectedly, this communications officer was also assigned to this mission.

"My name is Fang Li." Fang Li smiled slightly at Hibari and said, "As you can see, I am just an ordinary soldier."

"Ordinary soldiers wouldn't want to defeat an Aragami." Hibari lowered his voice, but his gaze toward Fang Li was full of curiosity and admiration as he said, "To be honest, no one expected you to suddenly say something like that back then."

"Is that so strange?" Fang Li couldn't help but say, "Captain Amamiya himself said that we can raise any questions."

"But generally speaking, apart from the God Eater, no one would think of fighting the Aragami, right?" Hibari's expression became somewhat downcast as he said, "After all, ordinary people simply cannot defeat the Aragami, which is why our world has become like this."

As these words were spoken, the atmosphere between Fang Li and Hibari became somewhat heavy.

Hibari seemed to realize this as well, and quickly said, "I'm sorry, I was being too presumptuous. Actually, I just..."

Before he could finish speaking, the pilot's voice rang out from inside the cabin.

"The Russian Branch has arrived."

However, the driver's voice turned panicked as soon as he finished speaking.

"W-what happened?"

The panicked voice made all the soldiers in the cabin tense.

Fang Li frowned and looked out the window at the ground.

The next second, Fang Li saw a base tightly surrounded by thick steel walls.

The base is filled with high-rise buildings.

However, outside the base's perimeter wall, countless black dots, like ants, swarmed toward the base.

"That's..." Hibari exclaimed in surprise.

"Aragami!"

Hibari's words startled the soldiers in the cabin, who cried out in alarm.

"What happened?"

"Why is the Aragami attacking the Russian Branch at this time?"

"Didn't they say it would take three days to arrive?"

The entire cabin suddenly became somewhat chaotic.

Seeing this, Fang Li's brows furrowed even deeper.

"Just hearing the name of the Aragami has caused this much chaos?"

Is this still a well-trained soldier?

Of course, this also shows how deeply the terror of the Aragami is ingrained in the minds of the people of this world.

The chaos inside the cabin finally subsided after a voice rang out.

That sound came from an advanced instrument inside the cabin.

"Communications team, can you hear me?"

That's Soma's voice.

Upon hearing this voice, Hibari, who was sitting next to Fang Li, reacted immediately. She quickly sat down in front of the instrument, picked up the headset, started operating it, and replied, "This is A4, please give instructions."

Each helicopter has a communications officer from the communications squad, who can issue instructions to the other helicopters at any time.

Therefore, Soma's voice should now be heard in every helicopter.

Then, that's what Soma said.

"Next, the First Unit will proceed to intercept the attack of the Aragami. All aircraft will land independently to assist the Russian Branch."

After leaving behind this message, Soma ended the communication.

Then, Fang Li saw it.

In the convoy of helicopters, the cabin of one of them suddenly opened.

Soma, Sakuya Tachibana, and Soma all emerged from the cabin, and then, one by one, they suddenly jumped out.

Immediately afterwards, military helicopters began to land below the Russian Branch.

In that instant, only Fang Li noticed.

In the distance, a group of dark figures, like a dark cloud, surged toward this place.